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Denver School of the Arts Theatre Department

Denver, Colorado

Cause Description:
The Denver Public Schools' Denver School of the Arts (DSA) is the only comprehensive arts magnet school in the Rocky Mountain region. Founded in 1991, the sixth through twelfth grade school provides many unique opportunities to our 900 students to nurture their creative talents in a supportive environment designed to encourage artistic and academic excellence. DSA Theatre endeavors to provide students with a middle/high school theatre arts program that examines theatre as a creative and multidisciplinary art form. While performance is part of our program, the emphasis is on process and team building. Students study theatre history, acting techniques, movement, speech, and voice; students see professional live theatre and learn to critique and evaluate the rehearsal/performance process through both written and oral analysis and discussion. Because we endeavor to give students as much one-on-one attention as possible, we hire a variety of guest artists throughout the school year to help teach, direct, and coach our students. Our program includes two extracurricular high school main stage productions, an eighth grade studio production, an all-school musical, and numerous other opportunities for students to perform their curricular work in a public forum for family and friends. Finally, the program seeks to instill in its students the discipline, work ethic, and compassion that are so necessary in helping young people develop into great artists and great citizens.

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